# Yamamoto (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/yamamoto/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Japanese, one of the 10 most common in Japan.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Japanese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,547 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,702 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 40,910 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.4% (7,652 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 山本 (Yamamoto), meaning "(one who lives at) the base of the mountain(s)" or "(one from) Yamamoto District".

## Who carries it

Share of people named Yamamoto in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 5.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 80% |
| Two or more races | 11% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Yamamoto in the United States.

## People named Yamamoto

- Kailer Yamamoto, American ice hockey player (born 1998)

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.